GB2454423A - Wireless perforating gun - Google Patents

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GB2454423A
GB2454423A GB0903264A GB0903264A GB2454423A GB 2454423 A GB2454423 A GB 2454423A GB 0903264 A GB0903264 A GB 0903264A GB 0903264 A GB0903264 A GB 0903264A GB 2454423 A GB2454423 A GB 2454423A
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loading tube
electrical circuit
perforating gun
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Haoming Li
Zheng Rong Xu
Chantal Smitherman
Cesar Gama
Alfredo Fayard
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Gemalto Terminals Ltd
Schlumberger Holdings Ltd
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/11—Perforators; Permeators
    • E21B43/116—Gun or shaped-charge perforators
    • E21B43/1185—Ignition systems
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42D—BLASTING
    • F42D1/00—Blasting methods or apparatus, e.g. loading or tamping
    • F42D1/04—Arrangements for ignition
    • F42D1/045—Arrangements for electric ignition
    • F42D1/05—Electric circuits for blasting

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  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
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  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Shaping Metal By Deep-Drawing, Or The Like (AREA)
  • Elimination Of Static Electricity (AREA)
  • Drilling And Exploitation, And Mining Machines And Methods (AREA)

Abstract

A loading tube for installation in the body of a perforating gun is disclosed. The loading tube holds a plurality of shaped charges whose detonation is electrically initiated, and the loading tube, when installed in the body, comprises at least a portion of the electrical circuit used to initiate detonation the shaped charge. In one embodiment, the loading tube comprises the hot portion of the electrical circuit, the body comprises the ground portion of the electrical circuit and the loading tube and the body are insulated from one another. Alternatively, the loading tube may comprise two distinct portions of conductive material which are electrically isolated from one another where the two portions of conductive material comprise the hot and ground portions of the electrical circuit. Additionally, a loading tube according to the present invention may comprise a conductor which is disposed in the loading tube near the outer surface of the loading tube and which is insulated from the loading tube. A system is disclosed comprising a loading tube having the aforesaid characteristics and a method is provided which utilizes the loading tube as a portion of the electrical circuit to initiate detonation of the charges.
GB0903264A 2006-08-23 2007-08-23 Wireless perforating gun Expired - Fee Related GB2454423B (en)

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US11/466,505 US7762172B2 (en) 2006-08-23 2006-08-23 Wireless perforating gun
PCT/US2007/076659 WO2008066986A2 (en) 2006-08-23 2007-08-23 Wireless perforating gun

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GB (1) GB2454423B (en)
MY (1) MY147622A (en)
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WO (1) WO2008066986A2 (en)

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